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• Alberdina van Bruggen, Kampen, Overijssel, NL († 1911)
• Alphonsus Hermanus Maria van Nispen tot Pannerden, Arnhem,Gemeente Arnhem,Gelderland,Netherlands
• Ana Maria de Campos, São Luiz do Paraitinga, São Paulo, Brasil († 1977)
• Anna Helena Tapken, Jipsingboertange, Vlagtwedde, Groningen, Nederland
• Anna Catharina Annetta Crijns, Maastricht, Nederland
• Albertus Doornenbal, De Bilt († 1959)
• de Vaal, Schoonhoven († 1911)
• Alice Delanghe, Oostende, West-Vlaanderen, België († 2008)
• Adrianus Cornelis Maas, Valkenswaard, North Brabant, Netherlands († 1962)
• Adrianus Reijntjens, Waspik

• ABEL KLIPPEL (80), STAVENISSE
• Binke Daniels Fleur la (59), Barradeel, Fr, Nederland
• Andries Vriens (72), Diessen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Andreas Arnoldus van Grinsven (70), Lith, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Cornelis Boeren (73), Rucphen
• (84), Bergentheim (Hardenberg)
• Andreas Arnoldus Van Grinsven (70), Lith, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Antonia Pepermans (44), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Cornelia Meijburg (37), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Andries Teerink (57), Arnhem

• 1907 » Richard Sharpe Shaver, American author and illustrator († 1975)
• 1908 » Ezekias Papaioannou, Greek-Cypriot politician († 1988)
• 1910 » Gus Hall, American soldier and politician († 2000)
• 1910 » Helmut Kallmeyer, German chemist and soldier († 2006)
• 1910 » Kirk Alyn, American actor († 1999)
• 1910 » Paulette Dubost, French actress († 2011)
• 1910 » Ray Lewis, Canadian runner († 2003)
• 1913 » Marios Makrionitis, Roman Catholic Archbishop of Athens († 1959)
• 1913 » Robert R. Gilruth, American pilot and engineer († 2000)
• 1917 » Billy Conn, American boxer († 1993)

• 1879 » Miguel Grau Seminario, Peruvian admiral (b. 1834)
• 1886 » Austin F. Pike, American lawyer and politician (b. 1819)
• 1897 » Alexei Savrasov, Russian painter and academic (b. 1830)
• 1928 » Larry Semon, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1889)
• 1931 » John Monash, Australian general and engineer (b. 1865)
• 1936 » Ahmet Tevfik Pasha, Ottoman politician, 292nd Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire (b. 1845)
• 1936 » Premchand, Indian author and screenwriter (b. 1880)
• 1936 » Red Ames, American baseball player and manager (b. 1882)
• 1936 » William Henry Stark, American businessman (b. 1851)
• 1942 » Sergey Chaplygin, Russian physicist, mathematician, and engineer (b. 1869)

• Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• In The Netherlands , there was from February 12, 1908 to August 29, 1913 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. Th. Heemskerk (AR) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 6.0 million citizens.
• January 12 » The University of the Philippines College of Law is formally established; three future Philippine presidents are among the first enrollees.
• February 18 » The first official flight with airmail takes place from Allahabad, United Provinces, British India (now India), when Henri Pequet, a 23-year-old pilot, delivers 6,500 letters to Naini, about 10 kilometres (6.2mi) away.
• May 9 » The works of Gabriele D'Annunzio are placed in the Index of Forbidden Books by the Vatican.
• September 7 » French poet Guillaume Apollinaire is arrested and put in jail on suspicion of stealing the Mona Lisa from the Louvre museum.
• September 20 » The White Star Line's RMSOlympic collides with the British warship HMSHawke.
• September 23 » Pilot Earle Ovington makes the first official airmail delivery in America under the authority of the United States Post Office Department

The temperature on October 8, 1911 was between 7.9 °C and 16.9 °C and averaged 12.2 °C. There was 4.5 mm of rain. There was 4.0 hours of sunshine (36%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-northwest.